Get to know yourself. I think it was Plato or Aristotle but on the… there was a temple, I think it was, and there was some kind of a sign and it was, know thyself. And I guess what I’m getting, I probably not very elegantly, but the philosophers have really reminded us, which is the life unexamined is not worth living. And I forget who said that it was, again, it was like it was Aristotle or is one of those in that genre. But let’s think about it, the unexamined life is not worth living.
So yes, be in the world but don’t be of the world as the great truth says. Yes, make the time to be productive in your work and get a lot of great projects done so that you release your potential and you help a lot of people through your value delivery. But at the same time, make the time for the season of wilderness. Make some time for solitude in a world that no longer value solitude. Get to know yourself. Who am I? What are my core values? What have I learned from my painful times? Where am I going in the future? How do I want to be remembered by my loved ones at my funeral?
When I’m no longer here, what will I have wished that my life stood for?